Editorial Policy

TechKV answers the questions people ask when their phone does something they do not expect. A reader finds an unfamiliar package name in Settings, a service using data overnight, or an error message from a carrier, and wants to know what it is, whether it is safe, and what to do next. This page explains how we decide what to publish, where our facts come from, and who checks an article before it goes live.

What we cover

Most TechKV articles fall into four groups:

• Explainers for system apps, processes and services on Android phones and iPhones, such as a Samsung, Qualcomm or carrier component a reader has never heard of.
• Fixes for problems with a phone, an app or a carrier connection, ordered by how likely each cause is.
• Guides for everyday apps, including Snapchat features and settings.
• Statistics pages that collect figures on a technology topic, each with its period and source.

We do not give financial, medical or legal advice, and we do not republish press releases as articles. A forecast appears only with the basis for it stated.

Who is responsible

TechKV is run by its founders, Rajesh Namase and Tushar Thakur, who are named on the About page. Every article carries a named author who answers for its content. Drafting and research tools assist in preparing articles, and the named author and the person reviewing the draft check the result and sign off on it before it publishes.

Where our facts come from

A statement about what a component does is traced to whoever ships it. We rely on, in this order of preference:

1. The device maker’s or the operating system’s own documentation and support pages.
2. Developer documentation from the platform or the chipset vendor.
3. The carrier’s own support pages, for carrier apps and network errors.
4. The app’s official store listing and its developer’s published material.

Forum threads and social posts can point us toward a question, but they are not cited as proof of what a component does. Each figure is linked to its source in the text, and we record the date we read it. We do not cite other websites we own as sources. Where two credible sources give different figures, the article shows both and says why they differ.

Fact checking before a draft moves on

Evidence is captured first: the source’s exact wording, its URL and the date it was retrieved. Each factual sentence in a draft is then tied to the evidence behind it, and a sentence that cannot be tied is rewritten, narrowed or cut. Automated checks compare figures, quotations and arithmetic against the captured sources. A person then reads the claims against the evidence, because a matching number can still sit in the wrong context. Our Fact-Check Policy sets out how strictly each kind of claim is checked, including the rule that nothing is called malware without a named security vendor’s or the platform’s own classification.

Review and publication

Articles are created as drafts in WordPress. Nothing on TechKV publishes automatically. A member of the TechKV team reviews each draft, including its sources, its steps and its headline, before choosing to publish it. A draft that fails review goes back for changes or is not published.

How we write steps

Steps name the Android version, the phone brand or the manufacturer’s software skin they apply to, because the same setting sits in different places on different phones. When a fix needs root access, a carrier or a repair shop, the article says so before the first step. When an article suggests disabling or removing something, it says what stops working and how to undo the change.

Statistics pages

Every figure carries its source and the period it covers. A derived number is shown with the inputs used to calculate it. Statistics pages are reviewed on a schedule and refreshed when newer data is available.

Advertising, affiliate links and sponsored content

TechKV earns money from advertising, affiliate links (including the Amazon Associates program) and sponsored content. Sponsored content is labeled as sponsored. Advertisers do not see articles before publication and do not decide what we cover. The Disclaimer explains how affiliate links work on this site.

Updates and corrections

When an article is wrong or out of date, we fix it on the page. The Corrections Policy explains how to report an error and what happens next. The date shown as updated changes when an article’s content changes in substance. Small fixes such as typos or formatting are not listed as updates.

Contact

Questions about this policy can go to admin@techkv.com or through the contact page.